NRL wrap - ROUND TWO

Another bone crushing weekend of footy sees Parramatta joining Souths and Penrith on the bottom of the ladder. Meanwhile, the Raiders can't believe it as they look ahead only to see open space - a nice change from looking up the backside of other teams. They head up the top of the table and find themselves in good company with the Storm, Brisbane and Easts breathing down their neck.

With things hotting up, the judiciary suddenly woke from its slumber and five players were cited after the weekend's footy.

Wests Tigers Second Rower Luke O'Donnell is in all sorts of strife after thumping charge against Raiders halfback Michael Monaghan who was carted off the field with a broken jaw. While there is some justification in allowing Raiders fans an hour alone with O'Donnell, its more likely big Luke will be dealt with by the judiciary and be off for at least two months.

Meanwhile, Parra's Steve Crouch took out the double with two clangers in the space of four minutes. Dragons hooker, Mark Riddell was first up copping one on the chin and for an encore, Crouch used Craig Stapleton's shoulder to dig up the WIN Stadium turf. The Dragons prop will be out for 6-8 weeks while Crouch will be suspended for about 2-3 weeks.

Talk of the town was the redemption of Gorden Tallis who saved his Broncos against a gutsy Souths outfit. With Paul Stringer at the helm, a spirited Rabbitohs side came within a whisker of causing the upset of the round.